The entire West Indies camp was in a state of shock after falling short of the target despite scoring 258 runs.
“Sometimes you have to put your body through stress and it was an important game,” West Indies skipper Rovman Powell said after the game. We decided enough was enough when we reached the halfway point.
Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks deserve credit. They took us by surprise and played outstanding cricket. They applied pressure starting with ball one. “We told him to go hard from ball one, and he did that today,” Powell said of Johnson Charles.
Skipper Powell contributed with a knock of 28(19), which included two sixes and a boundary. While the mindset of many teams suffers after losing a game in this manner, Powell believes he is used to losing games in this manner.
“The guys are making good progress. It’s just a matter of carrying over what we did well today into the third T20I. This is the seventh game I’ve played on the T20 circuit in which we scored 240 or 250 runs and lost, so I’m used to it.”
The fast bowlers didn’t have a good day today, so we tried to slow things down with me and Reifer coming in. “We must make a comeback in the final game. It only gets spicier, and it only gets nicer for the fans,” Powell further added.
The West Indian team performed admirably in the first T20I match. They were able to carry their lead into the next game. Even if their efforts in the second match were not rewarded, they will be eager to make a strong comeback and clinch the series at the Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday.